coveted

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈkʌvətɪd/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Greatly desired or envied; sought after by many people.
  2. verb
    Past tense and past participle of 'covet': to desire something belonging to another person, often inordinately or wrongfully.

🔗 Details

Word forms

3rd sing.: covets Past: coveted Past part.: coveted Pres part.: coveting

Collocations

coveted prizecoveted awardcoveted positioncoveted titlecoveted spotcoveted role

Derivatives

covetouscovetouslycovetousnesscovetable

Synonyms

desirecraveyearn forlong forenvywant

Antonyms

disdainspurnreject

Commonly confused

covetous
EN: 'Covetous' describes the person who desires something greedily; 'coveted' describes the object that is desired by others.
covenant
EN: 'Covenant' is a formal agreement or pact; 'covet' means to desire something enviously.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse 'covet' with 'covenant'. Note that 'covet' has only one 't' in the base form, but doubles it in 'coveted' and 'coveting' is not doubled (single 't' before '-ing' is standard: 'coveting').

💬 Examples

  1. She finally won the coveted award after years of hard work.

  2. He had long coveted his neighbor's vintage car collection.